The Official La-La Land Records Thread

[Bounty95 462]

10 minutes ago, Permanent Waves said:

 

Time Tunnel Vol II

 

 

 

[bollemanneke 2,935]

No one said it was only gonna be ONE JW title.

[Jay 32,080]

1 hour ago, Bounty95 said:

 

 

 

Am I confusing something? 

 

 

The Horner is STII. 

But I don't recall having seen that Williams title. 

He posted that before Time Tunnel Vol 2 was announced. 

[May the Force be with You 2,032]

True. There's Hook 3CD set, Hook 2CD set, Hook 1CD set, HP4 rejected score 2CD set and HP4 (Doyle featuring some JW music) 2CD set

So obviously more than one.

 

Warning: this post contains no ounce of denial

[Luke Skywalker 1,508]

Yeah…calling it spectacular wpuld be a little over the top.

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[bollemanneke 2,935]

Doyle's HP4 is a great score. I wouldn't be listening to film music if it wasn't for that score.

[Ollie 861]

I enjoy it and would welcome an expanded / complete release.

[Edmilson 4,973]

Yeah, me too. It's easily the best non-Williams HP score, with all due respect to Hooper and Desplat. 

[Jay 32,080]

MV indicated a flood of great soundtracks were coming from his label starting with their May batch.  We then got

 

X-Men in May

Always In June

Somewhere In Time in July

The Wrath of Khan in August

 

All of these are huge important titles, the first ever expansion for 3 of them and the definitive expansion of the fourth.  And all four of them were produced by Mike Matessino, two also by Neil Bulk!

 

So yea, I'm excited to see what September brings.

That's all I meant.

[Tom Guernsey 1,746]

5 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

Yeah, me too. It's easily the best non-Williams HP score, with all due respect to Hooper and Desplat. 

Agreed, although the Hooper ones are a bit unfairly maligned, but Doyle's terrific (even if the Goblet of Fire theme sounds a bit like an old Zimmer TV theme... of all things). I'd welcome an expansion and some remastering as I find the existing release a bit tiring to listen to at times, not sure if it's the mix or the orchestration or both.

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I wonder what happened to poor Jurassic Park 3. Like HP4, I figured that would be on the horizon soon after the other scores were released by LLL. 

 

JP3 needs some love - that existing OST doesn't sound great (and it's way too short). Kinda weird because the Matrix scores sound comparatively excellent and they had the same composer AND recordist. 

[OneBuckFilms 201]

I would be very happy to see JP3 released, both because it is a good score (from what I remember), and to complete the Jurassic Park trilogy musically.

[Jay 32,080]

I'd buy JP3 for sure!

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I wonder if it would fit on one disc. From memory even the promo was missing music the film had (the big build up to the aviary sequence being a key omission, if it wasn't editorially created). 

[Richard Penna 2,639]

I'm not sure whether the promo is actually missing anything, but it has alternates/mixes in some parts.

 

The build-up to the aviary sequence has been a mystery since the film came out. I'm pretty sure it's editorially created, but from what? Either way, my hope is that an eventual expansion contains whatever was used for that bit.

[OneBuckFilms 201]

On the HP side, the ideal for me would be to have a box set for scores 4-6, followed by another one for both parts of The Deathly Hallows.

 

I think Deathly Hallows deserves that treatment, and a box set (similar to the John Williams set for 1-3) would complete the musical picture for these scores, giving them a generous spotlight of their own.

[Jay 32,080]

I'm sure a  proper JP3 set would have the proper film takes/mixes of every cue as the Disc 1 main program, and Disc 2 would be the OST album (keeping whatever mixes it used) followed by any alternate takes/mixes of cues that weren't on the OST album but were on the promo (or were just found to exist)

[Tom Guernsey 1,746]

24 minutes ago, OneBuckFilms said:

I would be very happy to see JP3 released, both because it is a good score (from what I remember), and to complete the Jurassic Park trilogy musically.

Ditto. I've mentioned a number of times my considerable appreciation for this score which I still find significantly more enjoyable than the Jurassic World scores, and with a better appreciation of JW's style mixed with Davis's own style. Fingers crossed for that.

7 minutes ago, OneBuckFilms said:

On the HP side, the ideal for me would be to have a box set for scores 4-6, followed by another one for both parts of The Deathly Hallows.

 

I think Deathly Hallows deserves that treatment, and a box set (similar to the John Williams set for 1-3) would complete the musical picture for these scores, giving them a generous spotlight of their own.

Good idea! I'm not sure I'd get a great deal out of expanded versions of the Desplat scores as I find them hard work at times as they are (and less outright enjoyable than any of the other scores in the series) but maybe an expansion would increase my appreciation.

[Ollie 861]

Didn’t MV mention JP 3 as something they were looking into or planning on doing down the road?

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6 minutes ago, Ollie said:

Didn’t MV mention JP 3 as something they were looking into or planning on doing down the road?

 

Yep, I think even Mike said he would be happy to work on it (unless I'm confusing his comment about hoping to do HP4). 

[Richard Penna 2,639]

Hah, every time I see JP3 mentioned, I keep scrolling up to try to find some clue or announcement, and always find it's just the usual 'why hasn't it come out yet?' 

[Jay 32,080]

1 hour ago, Ollie said:

Didn’t MV mention JP 3 as something they were looking into or planning on doing down the road?

 

Here is exactly what MV said, almost 5 years ago now: click

 

 

1 hour ago, crumbs said:

Yep, I think even Mike said he would be happy to work on it (unless I'm confusing his comment about hoping to do HP4). 

 

Mike definitely said on a podcast he'd be happy to do HP4, yes.  I do not recall him saying the same about JP3 anywhere, but I could very well be misremembering.

[Tom Guernsey 1,746]

1 hour ago, Ollie said:

Didn’t MV mention JP 3 as something they were looking into or planning on doing down the road?

It seems like a pretty obvious release to want to do. Old enough for reuse not to be an issue. Popular film series that’s still going (albeit in a way that I can’t imagine it’s too problematic in terms of marketing wankers getting twitchy like the Bond marketing wankers). And it’s got themes by one super popular from one of my best know scores turned into a new score be a composer who is also popular in his own right. Slam dunk I’d have thought. So I can only imagine it’s behind the scenes issues that are stalling (around*) it.
 

*track title joke for those wondering

[Marian Schedenig 6,512]

Perhaps someone has to sign off on it? Williams? Spielberg? (Tom Cruise??)

 

On a related note, is there any known reason why Davis' Bound has never been officially released? That's a fine score (and a clear Matrix precursor, even with all the Herrmanesque (and actual Herrmann) stuff it's going for).

[Yavar Moradi 1,814]

Huh, I hadn’t remembered that the SuperTracks release was a composer promo…

https://www.soundtrackcollector.com/title/9264/Bound
 

Yavar

[Richard Penna 2,639]

My guess, along with Tom, is that something behind the scenes is holding things up or being problematic, although it's hard to see what it might be. (JP3)

[Jay 32,080]

I do not believe there's been a specialty label title for any Grammercy Pictures release, nor any through Focus Features, who owns them now.  Maybe they aren't open to licensing.

[Bryant Burnette 572]

18 hours ago, May the Force be with You said:

It's what I was thinking. To me the two are absolutly linked. When I'm impatient, I get excited and when I get excited about a release I become impatient.

 

I speak only English, and trust me, what you were saying was not even vaguely hard to understand.

[scallenger 426]

On 8/26/2021 at 10:58 AM, Richard Penna said:

Hah, every time I see JP3 mentioned, I keep scrolling up to try to find some clue or announcement, and always find it's just the usual 'why hasn't it come out yet?' 

 

Same! All I can really add to what hasn't already been said is, when they eventually do this release, PLEASE have the "Kirby Paint & Tile Plus" ringtone as a hidden bonus track.

[Brando 1,065]

2 hours ago, scallenger said:

 

Same! All I can really add to what hasn't already been said is, when they eventually do this release, PLEASE have the "Kirby Paint & Tile Plus" ringtone as a hidden bonus track.

They should overlay it on "Nash Calling".

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4 hours ago, Brando said:

They should overlay it on "Nash Calling".

 

Nash Calling (Film Sweetener)

[Brando 1,065]

1 hour ago, crumbs said:

 

Nash Calling (Film Sweetener)

Beautiful. And hopefully the unreleased “Kirby Paint and Tile Plus Alternate Jingle” is finally released.

[Luke Skywalker 1,508]

Add me again to the jpiii bandwagon hehhe.

 

 

[bollemanneke 2,935]

Hook is on TV on Saturday here. Don't tell me I'm imagining things.

[Arpy 4,090]

The sessions that were floating around for years for HP4 had 'damaged' cues - not sure if that meant corrupted files or the tapes themselves were damaged. Would love to see an expansion of it as there's a bunch of music left off the OST.

[Richard Penna 2,639]

I'm on the fence a bit with whether I'd purchase HP4, but only because I feel Doyle, et al, did a way better job of making representative and comprehensive albums than JW ever will. JW creates the need for expansions right off the bat, just as an inherent part of him making his albums how he does.

 

Whereas I'd instantly buy expansions of all the Jurassic scores.

[bollemanneke 2,935]

1 hour ago, Arpy said:

The sessions that were floating around for years for HP4 had 'damaged' cues - not sure if that meant corrupted files or the tapes themselves were damaged. Would love to see an expansion of it as there's a bunch of music left off the OST.

The tapes themselves were damaged. Besides, 90% of those sessions cues sound like they come from vinyls.

[Arpy 4,090]

If the tapes were damaged, how will they work around making an expansion? Film stems etc.?

[A Farewell to Kings 3,788]

23 minutes ago, Arpy said:

If the tapes were damaged, how will they work around making an expansion? Film stems etc.?

It would depend on what the tapes were that were damaged, fhose tapes could have just been a DAT copy or something

[HunterTech 742]

18 hours ago, Arpy said:

The sessions that were floating around for years for HP4 had 'damaged' cues - not sure if that meant corrupted files or the tapes themselves were damaged. Would love to see an expansion of it as there's a bunch of music left off the OST.

 

17 hours ago, bollemanneke said:

The tapes themselves were damaged. Besides, 90% of those sessions cues sound like they come from vinyls.

 

4 hours ago, Arpy said:

If the tapes were damaged, how will they work around making an expansion? Film stems etc.?

 

4 hours ago, Permanent Waves said:

It would depend on what the tapes were that were damaged, fhose tapes could have just been a DAT copy or something

 

As far as I'm aware, the leak did actually come from a DAT copy of the sessions. I doubt a score from a franchise as big as this would have that be the only master source they have (especially with at least one film revision being missing). The cues with the "DAMAGED" label are ones that essentially are unlistenable, given it'd be too riddled with noise. That being said, I have seen people be able to completely clean them and have it sound perfectly fine, so assuming these are from the actual masters, LLL probably should be able to work with them easily if internet folk can do their audio trickery.

[Naïve Old Fart 7,981]

20 hours ago, bollemanneke said:

Hook is on TV on Saturday here. Don't tell me I'm imagining things.

Just imagine that you're not going to like it, and watch something else.

[bollemanneke 2,935]

Bangerang!

[May the Force be with You 2,032]

Is this already the D-day of the month?

[Amer 1,814]

"Seriously ?"  Thats what MV said yesterday at FSM. 

[bollemanneke 2,935]

I'm going to be prepared to be disappointed this time. As in, I'm not expecting to be disappointed, but I'm not going to hype myself up again.

[Amer 1,814]

Lest speculate:

 

Anymore Williams this month? I hope we can get 'Amistad'. As for another James Horner title I'd like to see is 'Glory'. As an African -Amercian related theme these would make a terrific combo for a release.....

 

As for Goldsmith maybe we could get another Fox series title..

 

P.S. Battle of Antietem (Anniv. ) as in GLORY takes place on Sep 17th. ...

[bollemanneke 2,935]

And WB has started celebrating the HP1 anniversary. I'd say that's a perfect excuse as any to release HP4.

[Jay 32,080]

For anyone wondering when the banner might drop today,

 

May's arrived at 11:51am EST

 

June's arrived at 3:18pm EST

 

July's arrived at 1:18pm EST

 

August's arrived at 12:19pm EST

 

So that's a window of about 2 hours from now through about 5 hours from now

[crocodile 7,086]

Anyone bumping this thread on the 1st of each month and NOT posting the actual banner should be done for cyber-bullying. My shattered nerves! 😂

 

Karol